Legal & Finance news & information for Spain

NOW that the European Union's budget has been approved, Spain is set to get €140 billion – of which €27bn has already been taken into account in the country's spending for 2021.

A MAJORITY of CaixaBank's shareholders have voted in favour of a merger with partially State-owned entity Bankia – the result of which would be the largest financial firm on the high street.

SPAIN'S stock market has experienced its best month in history, closing November with a record increase, according to market data.

DETAILED talks over how to maintain the rights and freedoms of cross-border workers living in Spain and with jobs in Gibraltar have reached a conclusion and a new system ready to be put into place.

SINGLE mums in the Basque Country have championed a ruling which means they and their children will benefit from maternity and paternity leave after birth.

'BROWN' coins landing in charity piggy-banks on bar and shop counters may be history by some time in 2022, depending upon the outcome of a Eurozone-wide opinion poll.

A YOUNG man from Valencia has become Spain's first-ever blind judge to qualify in the profession.

FOR THE first time in the history of credit and debit cards, plastic has overtaken cash as a method of payment in Spain, according to marketing consultancy Nielsen.

BRITISH nationals living in Spain can apply for a non-EU 'residence card' from Monday, July 6, the General Directorate of Migration and Police has confirmed – but this is not compulsory for those who already...

SPAIN'S socialist MPs – who make up the bulk of the country's coalition government – want to gradually axe cash from circulation and have tabled a motion to that effect.

EUROPEAN Union member States will get a slice of a €37 billion fund to help them through the Coronavirus crisis – money that will help reinforce the healthcare services and support small and medium-sized businesses,...

BANKIA will give homeowners a six-month moratorium on their mortgages – only requiring them to pay the interest, not the capital – and on personal loan and self-employed or sole traders' business loan repayments.